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Owais Tohid
Owais Tohid has reported extensively on war and conflict in Asia for 30 years and witnessed the rise and fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan. He has also covered the Palestinian conflict in the Occupied Territories and worked for the BBC World Service, AFP and CS Monitor. X: @OwaisTohid
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Land mines on the road to peace in Afghanistan
As President Joe Biden wades through the mess of Trump’s legacy, he doesn’t need Afghanistan decoded for him. He doesn’t need a crystal ball or an orientation crash course, he’s an old hand. With Obama, he’s led the war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda for eight years.
Short days, long nights in the winter of Pakistan’s political storm
Through the fog of cold winter nights, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam is on the streets of Lahore, urging people to come participate in anti government rallies, urging them to rise up against the status quo.
The Balochistan paradox and Pakistani politics
When leading Baloch nationalist leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal announced his political divorce with House of Khan earlier this week-- the Prime Minister-led ruling coalition-- he also conveyed his anguish to the country’s powerful military establishment.
Pakistani pilgrims caught in Iran’s coronavirus web
When Khalid Zaidi landed in Mashhad from Karbala, things still felt normal in Iran. The traditional Qahwa Khana cafes and shops were open, and importantly for Khalid and the hundreds of Pakistani pilgrims he was escorting as tour operator, the holy shrine of Imam Reza was open.
